David Andrew: 278 books
by David Allan, Pam Perkins, Catherine Jones
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
This collection of essays explores the role played by imaginative writing in the Scottish Enlightenment and its interaction with the values and activities of that movement. Across a broad range of areas via specially commissioned essays by experts in each field, the volume examines the reciprocal...
by Andrew Forbes, David Henley
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
The story of the 47 Ronin is perhaps the most popular and best known legend of traditional Japan. Set in the early 18th century, it tells a tale of honour and bloody revenge as the brotherhood of 47 masterless Samurai pursue the ruthless killing of Lord Kira, the official who brought about the downfall...
by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the...
The Lively Experiment
Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2015
The Lively Experiment chronicles how Americans have continually demolished traditional prejudices while at the same time erecting new walls between belief systems. Nearly four hundred years after Roger Williams' 1633 Rhode Island colony, the "lively experiment" of religious tolerance remains...
Beer and Spirits
A Guide to Haunted Pubs in the Black Country and Surrounding Area
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Beer and Spirits offers a fascinating insight into the stories behind some of Central England's most haunted pubs. With over 50,000 public houses in the United Kingdom, the local pub has become an essential part of British culture. Samuel Pepys described the inn as the heart of England. Pubs have...
by Peter Earl, Jeroen van Bouwel, Yanis Varoufakis
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This book is an authoritative and accessible guide to the pluralist movement threatening to revolutionise mainstream economics. Leading figures in the field explain why pluralism is a required virtue in economics, how it came to be blocked and what it means for the way we think about, research and...
Historians on Hamilton
How a Blockbuster Musical Is Restaging America's Past
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2018
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. history in classrooms across the country. But just how historically accurate is Hamilton? And how...
The Eisenhower Presidency
Lessons for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The chapters in this volume address the lessons we might draw from the Eisenhower experience for presidential leadership today. Although most of the authors find much to admire in the Eisenhower record, they express varying opinions on how applicable his approach would be for our own time. On one...
Free Speech On Trial
Communication Perspectives on Landmark Supreme Court Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2011
Describes landmark free speech decisions of the Supreme Court while highlighting the issues of language, rhetoric, and communication that underlie them.
At the intersection of communication and First Amendment law reside two significant questions: What is the speech we ought to protect, and...
The End-of-Life Handbook
A Compassionate Guide to Connecting with and Caring for a Dying Loved One
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
This book address both the emotional and psychological issues associated with death and dying and the practical and medical realities typically dealt with at this time-unusual among titles in this subject area.
The authors, a psychologist and medical doctor, are passionate advocates for quality...
by Angela Failler, Clint Curle, Christopher Powell
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2015
"The Idea of a Human Rights Museum" is the first book to examine the formation of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and to situate the museum within the context of the international proliferation of such institutions. Sixteen essays consider the wider political, cultural and architectural...
No Quick Fix
Where Higher Life Theology Came From, What It Is, and Why It's Harmful
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2017
Every Christian struggles with sin and wants to be victorious in the fight.
Higher life theology--also known as Keswick theology--offers a quick fix for this struggle. It teaches that there are two categories of Christians: those who are merely saved, and those who have really surrendered to...
by D. A. Carson, Andrew David Naselli
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
God’s Word has always had enemies, but in recent years the inspiration and authority of Scripture have been attacked with renewed vigor. Respected scholar D. A. Carson has written widely on the nature of Scripture over the past thirty years, and here presents a timely collection of his work in two...
Culture of Revival: A Revivalist Field Manual
Never Be Lacking in Zeal
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
The apostle Paul charged the Church to never be lacking in zeal, which compels believers to a life of radical service. Zeal is one of the greatest virtues that we could possibly pass on to the next generation—a zeal for the lost, a zeal for God’s glory, a zeal for His presence, a zeal for godly marriages...